BLASKET RENEWABLE INVESTMENTS LLC v. KINGDOM OF SPAIN

  1. August 20, 2024

    Investor Says DC Circ. Arbitration Ruling Boosts Spain Cases

    A Dutch renewable energy investor vying to enforce multimillion-euro arbitration awards against Spain told the D.C. federal court that a recent ruling from the D.C. Circuit holding that district courts have jurisdiction to enforce foreign arbitral awards against Spain means that the investor's awards should be confirmed.

  2. April 26, 2022

    Hydro Investors Say Spain Waived Immunity In Arb. Case

    Green energy investors Hydro Energy 1 SARL and Hydroxana Sweden AB pushed back against Spain's attempt to dismiss their $36.4 million arbitration award enforcement action, telling a D.C. federal judge that European Union laws do not prevent the country from paying the award.

  3. February 25, 2022

    Spain Says Energy Investor Award Violates EU Law

    Spain urged a D.C. federal court to dismiss a $36.4 million arbitration award enforcement action brought by hydro energy investors, arguing that the award is invalid because EU member states have no authority to enter into arbitration agreements with each other.

  4. September 21, 2021

    Hydropower Investors Seek OK Of $36M Spain Award

    Spain is facing litigation filed on Monday in Washington, D.C., by a pair of European renewable energy investors looking to enforce a nearly €31 million ($36.4 million) arbitral award they won last summer after investing more than twice that amount in a multi-plant hydropower project.